A team of about 10 people are working in the local Australian Electoral Commission office processing the return envelopes, which will be counted from Sunday.

Votes must be returned by 6pm Friday, October 26, and Returning Officer Tony McDowell said he expected a crowd of people to flood the office complaining of lost ballot cards.

People with lost cards should visit the AEC office in the Beehive Building.

Winners from the election are expected to be declared at 2pm on Monday, October 29.

Council
election comment

The
Victorian Electoral Commission states a person must not print, publish or
distribute or cause, permit or authorize to be printed, published or
distributed, an electoral advertisement, handbill, pamphlet or notice unless
the name and address of the person who authorized the electoral
advertisement, handbill, pamphlet or notice appears at its end.

The address
must be a physical address not a PO box. The exception to this is a letter to
the editor where an author’s name and suburb/locality is acceptable. This rule
also covers website comments. Any comment must have author's name and
suburb/locality at the end. Any comment not following these rules can not be
published.